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John Bate

A quiet, thoughtful voice in 20th-century British poetry, he wrote with deep feeling about conscience, faith, and ordinary life. He was also a librarian, and that steady, observant side of him shaped work remembered for its honesty and warmth.

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Talkers: With Illustrations

Talkers: With Illustrations

by John Bate

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention

by John Bate

About the author

John Bate was a British poet and librarian. Reliable sources describe him as a conscientious objector during the Second World War and a committed Christian, two parts of his life that strongly informed his poetry.

He spent much of his working life in libraries, including senior roles in Edinburgh, and built a reputation as a serious, private writer whose poems carried moral weight without losing their human touch. Obituaries and poetry references portray him as someone who preferred a quiet life, reserving his deepest self for his verse.

Though not a household name, he is remembered with respect in literary and library circles for a body of work shaped by conviction, service, and reflection.